Chapter XLVI: The Best Books of Reference, 351-355

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

FULL-PAGE PLATES.

FACING
I. HEAD OF ROYAL BENGAL TIGER. (_Frontispiece._) PAGE

II. TWO PAGES FROM AN OLD FIELD NOTE-BOOK (Double Plate), 22

III. MEASUREMENTS OF A LARGE MAMMAL, 38

IV. HOW TO CUT OPEN AND MOUNT A FISH, 76

V. PARING DOWN A LARGE MAMMAL SKIN, 104

VI. INTERIOR MECHANISM OF A HALF-MOUNTED WOLF, 132

VII. MANIKIN FOR BENGAL TIGER: FIRST STAGE, 142

VIII. MANIKIN FOR BENGAL TIGER: COMPLETED, 148

IX. MANIKIN FOR MALE AMERICAN BISON: HALF FINISHED, 152

X. MANIKIN FOR AMERICAN BISON: COMPLETED, 156

XI. HEAD OF PRONG-HORN ANTELOPE, 168

XII. WORKSHOP OF A BIRD TAXIDERMIST, 182

XIII. MOUNTED BIRD, WITH INTERIOR STRUCTURE EXPOSED, 192

XIV. MOUNTING AN ALLIGATOR: LAST STAGE, 206

XV. AMERICAN LOBSTER, 217

XVI. SPECIMENS OF ORNAMENTAL TAXIDERMY (Double Plate), 222

XVII. A FIGHT IN THE TREE-TOPS, 231

XVIII. GROUP OF COYOTES, 235

XIX. GROUP OF AMERICAN BISON (Double Plate), 246

XX. A LIGAMENTARY SKELETON, MOUNTED AND DRYING, 288

XXI. SKELETON OF AN AMERICAN BISON, 298

{ FIG. 1.--BEATING THE BUSH, 320
XXII. { FIG. 2.--A SUCCESSFUL STROKE, 320

{ FIG. 1.--BOTTLING A SKIPPER, 326
XXIII. { FIG. 2.--JAPANESE PORTER WITH COLLECTING BOXES, 326

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